Drawn to Painting

this elegant book, the first to be published on the current work of Leon Kossoff-one of Britain's most senior and distinguished artists-is based on an extraordinary series of recent pictures inspired directly from a specific group of painting by Nicolas Poussin. for kossoff, the process is not simply 'copying' but a fully engaged encounter. Supported by many perviously unpublished statements by the artist and representing a lifetime's reflection, these works represent a unique view of the past from the vantage-point of the present and an extended reflection ont he essential os art: drawing and color, composition and meaning.